Lancaster Block

474 Congress St., Portland, Maine. County/parish: Cumberland.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 29, 1982. NRIS 82000745.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

Lancaster Block (Portland, Maine)

The Lancaster Block is an historic commercial building in downtown Portland, Maine. Located at 50 Monument Square, it is a fine local example of commercial Romanesque Revival architecture. It was built in 1881 and enlarged in 1908; it is named for Lancaster, New Hampshire, the hometown of its builder, J. B. Brown. it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/88685716

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